Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted
Category	Job openings			Hires			Total separations
Category	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	7,098	6,887	7,618	5,391	5,535	5,116	5,270	5,377	4,978
Total private	6,281	6,157	6,841	5,047	5,217	4,794	4,932	5,065	4,652
Mining and logging	23	20	22	24	20	22	21	20	19
Construction	207	234	259	349	306	323	344	304	295
Manufacturing	376	450	474	317	304	284	317	274	276
Durable goods	249	296	321	185	163	168	182	142	156
Nondurable goods	126	153	153	132	141	116	136	132	120
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,012	1,160	1,165	956	1,203	1,069	947	1,172	990
Wholesale trade	184	155	170	121	158	146	114	154	143
Retail trade	562	704	661	573	680	599	552	693	557
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	267	301	335	262	365	324	281	325	290
Information	134	83	87	83	89	78	80	94	87
Financial activities	424	501	367	212	205	175	234	206	191
Finance and insurance	290	435	300	142	131	116	162	139	125
Real estate and rental and leasing	134	66	67	70	74	59	72	67	67
Professional and business services	1,339	1,047	1,715	1,092	1,064	933	1,047	1,068	921
Private education and health services	1,683	1,486	1,582	843	796	729	783	747	717
Private educational services	159	108	115	97	101	90	94	100	93
Health care and social assistance	1,525	1,378	1,467	746	695	639	690	647	624
Leisure and hospitality	827	882	815	951	994	967	943	946	965
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	161	129	135	163	139	164	174	159	160
Accommodation and food services	666	753	679	788	855	803	768	788	805
Other services	254	294	356	220	236	214	216	232	191
Government	817	730	777	344	317	322	337	312	326
Federal	122	78	95	32	21	23	45	35	32
State and local	694	652	682	313	296	299	292	277	294
State and local education	238	234	249	156	138	140	150	130	141
State and local, excluding education	456	418	433	156	158	158	142	148	152



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	4.3	4.2	4.6	3.4	3.5	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.1
Total private	4.4	4.4	4.8	3.7	3.9	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.4
Mining and logging	3.6	3.3	3.5	3.9	3.4	3.7	3.4	3.4	3.1
Construction	2.4	2.7	3.0	4.2	3.7	3.9	4.2	3.7	3.5
Manufacturing	2.9	3.4	3.6	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.2	2.2
Durable goods	3.1	3.7	3.9	2.4	2.1	2.1	2.3	1.8	2.0
Nondurable goods	2.6	3.1	3.1	2.7	3.0	2.4	2.8	2.8	2.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	3.4	3.9	3.9	3.3	4.2	3.7	3.3	4.1	3.4
Wholesale trade	2.9	2.5	2.7	2.0	2.6	2.4	1.9	2.5	2.4
Retail trade	3.5	4.4	4.1	3.7	4.4	3.9	3.6	4.5	3.6
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	3.5	4.0	4.4	3.6	5.1	4.5	3.9	4.5	4.0
Information	4.5	2.9	3.1	2.9	3.2	2.8	2.8	3.4	3.1
Financial activities	4.4	5.2	3.9	2.3	2.2	1.9	2.5	2.3	2.1
Finance and insurance	4.1	6.1	4.3	2.1	2.0	1.7	2.4	2.1	1.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	5.2	2.6	2.7	2.8	3.0	2.4	2.9	2.8	2.7
Professional and business services	5.6	4.5	7.1	4.9	4.7	4.2	4.7	4.8	4.1
Private education and health services	5.8	5.1	5.4	3.1	2.9	2.6	2.9	2.7	2.6
Private educational services	3.8	2.6	2.8	2.4	2.5	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.3
Health care and social assistance	6.2	5.5	5.8	3.2	2.9	2.7	3.0	2.7	2.6
Leisure and hospitality	4.7	4.9	4.6	5.6	5.9	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	5.7	4.6	4.8	6.1	5.2	6.1	6.5	5.9	5.9
Accommodation and food services	4.5	5.0	4.5	5.6	6.0	5.6	5.4	5.5	5.6
Other services	4.1	4.7	5.6	3.7	3.9	3.5	3.6	3.9	3.2
Government	3.3	3.0	3.2	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4
Federal	4.0	2.8	3.4	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.5	1.3	1.2
State and local	3.3	3.1	3.2	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4
State and local education	2.1	2.1	2.2	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.3
State and local, excluding education	4.5	4.1	4.2	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: June 02, 2026